The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-26 00:00:00

, - MAILS. DLL -3 Gottenburgh, I Malta, z 2. Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Ccnsols THE SUN. SOLHM QUIS Dicta TALSUM AUDZAT ? LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER :6, 1 a 08. WE have received Boston Papers to the I oth ult. the contents of which will be found in a subsequent Column. There are various reports from Spain, grounded on the authority of private Letters, but we can assure our Readers that no further intelligence has reached Government than what we have stated with in the last two days. We think it, however, proper to communicate the general contents of the Letters alluded to, sincerely hoping that more fave,urable in telligence will speedily arrive. A Letter, dated Tudela, Noveniber - 3, states, that the Army of Castile had disbanded itself; but the same letter says, that the troops who were likely to prove effeetive had been incorporated with the regiments of the line, and those who were unfit for active duty had returned to their usual occupations. The chief reason assign ed for the discontents which prevailed in this army, arid which Jed to this event, if it has really taken place, is their attachment to CUESTA, and their determination to serve under no other Com mander. This account is inconsistent with that which states, that they are incorporated with the Regiments of the Line. CuESTA, it is said, has been put under an arrest, by order of the Central Junta, The Russian Legation was to leave Madrid on the 9th inst. and proceed to embark at Cartha e g - ena. Gove►ntnent had issued a Proclamation, or dering the utmost respect to be paid to him.—The French, it is said, had demanded 30,000 rations for their army at Burgos, but as the inhabitants learned that the first division of the army of Estremadura had arrived in the neighbourhood, the demand was re jecled. Mr. FRERE presented his credentials to the Junta at Aranjuez on the 9th. An Ambassador from Portugal and another from Sweden was expe&- ed to Spain. It was reported that the Porn; had sent his Nuncio to recognise the Supreme Junta, and that an Austrian Minister had arrived for the same purpose, and both had proceeded to Aranjuez. A Division of the British troops is said to have reached TalA•era de la Reigna, on the Ist, that another arrived at Salamanca, and that both were advancing towards Burgos. The British troops which had arrived by the way of Corunna were proceeding in the same _direetron; They were all received by the Spaniards with every testimony of respell and gratitude. The number of the enemy who had at taced Burgos were supposed to amount to from 15 to 20,003. They had defeated the first division of the army of Estretnadura. C..STANOS had been bummoneci to Aranjuez to report to the Junta the particulars of what had happened at Logrona and Merin. The Officers belonging to the disbanded Army of Castile arrived at Tuhela on the 6th. Deal JOSEPH PS LAFuX and General DoYez had held a Couocil at that place, which occupied many hours, and PALAFOX next day proceeded to Saragossa. All our cavalry had disembarked al Corunnaon the 15th General PiGN4TELLI had been put under ar rest. Some indisposition had prevailed in Sir JOHN MoORE'S Army, but nut to such an ext.ent as had been reported. ' • Such is the generl substance of the intelligence which has been received, with the supplement to the, Madrid Gazette, which our Readers will find in • another part of tlris Paper. Surne of our competitors seem inclined to give way to despondency, because the veteran troops of France have obtained some success over inexperienced men ; but these suc cesses are only partial, and it is to be remembered that the French are contending against a whole people in arms, who know that nothing but bondage and misery must be the etl - ect of French domination. They know too, that they may confidently look to the assistance or this Century, and that they have the hopes and ardent wishes o 1 every State in Europe lti their savour, all of whom would exult in the downfall . of the most bloody, amhitiotts, and fere emus Tyrant, that the world has ever produced. Yesterday morning hiy MAJESTY, Princesses So, AUGUSTA, and A:%IELIA, accompanied by Lord' ALSINULIAM, Hotl. Air. G. V 11.1.1Elts, Lildy ELY, Gen. i:4l'ziloy, and Col•. TAYLott, rode in NVindsor lark, and returned at twelve o'clock to tie A Proclamation is expected to appz:ar in the Gazette ot this evonitl6, for the meeting of . Parlio mern on the 16th ot January, tor the dispatch of bi4s*ss• e - steiday a Cabinet Council was held at :he Fo reign Office, at which were 'present his Gracie the Puke of PORTLAND, tisc LORD CIIANCELLOR, Earls A,MpEN, WEsTMOELAN.D, and BATiitra, 1.; I.4.:rds pIt,G ; RAVE, CA•,TIAREAGii, and Ilnwx4sßuktY; .11;.rotary CANN-ING, and Mr. PRIMEVAL. Alter tie Z.uuL;UI, ..I,OIOLiAN,KEkBUN-1: :eft t...pxn, 101 fits eat, Coomb Woo'd. inst. AMERICAN PAPERS. BOSTON, OCT. .13.—0 n the Bth inst the St. Michaels Brig arrived at Baltimore, in 48 days from L'Orient ; and the Messenger (Mr. ),1 7 / 4 .1)-Ea) with important dispatches tor Government, set out the next morning for Washington. Extract of a r Letter from an American Gentleman of respe&a- Witty, arrived in the St. Michaels, :rom France : Time • wiil not admit my communicating any. political pews—suffice it to say, THERE IS NOT THE LEAST PROSPECT OF AN AMICABLE ADJUSTMENT OF oUic AFFAI:IS, WITH EITHER FRANCE OR ENGLAND EJR THE PRESENT.' " The arrival of the St. Michaels, at last, does away all the eledioneering stories circulated' by Mr. JEFFERSON arid his partismis. The plain state of the case now is—we can have no accommodation with Fiancé ; for sbe will yield not hin •to us, while weizave surrenc4red our hzdependence to her. We can have no accommo dation with England, because we refuse all reason able terms; while she has proffered every thing consistent with her honour. -" A. Gentleman of respe&ability, who came pas senger in the-inzerica, says, that•our dispatch-ship, the St.-. Michaels, was condemned as good prize in France; but that the Emperor afterwards gave her up, saying that he would make her a present to the President of the United States."—,(U. S. Gazette.) " The same Gentleman states also, that the Bri tish Government had wade a proposition in form to BUONM'ARTE, to rescind their Orders in Council provided he would revoke his Decrees; but that he peremptorily refused. The condemnation of Ame rican property continued to go on with increased vigour in France, and no hopes were entertained of the recovery of a single Qiip or cargo held, is se- . questrat ion " The. Chronicle yesterday published General SMITH'S account of the exaaions of duty, by the British on six pipes of gin. But why did not the General and the Chronicle tell their hearers and readers the whole truth I Why do they betray their partiality for the French, and prejudice against the English, in every word they say or pub lish ? Why did they not honestly declare, that the vessel, which had to pay duties in England, be- . cause, she was front a place under the controul of the French—would, if she had been from England and carried into France, have been condemned. " If France did exactly what Britain dues, that is entered American vessels from and cleared Awe rican for. England, General SMITH and his friends would say BUONAPARTE had relaxed in an important degee from the rigour of his De ees. How di'Sgusting it is to find a Member of the Senate of the United States give a partial account of our foreign relations, and repeating continually, without reason, an irritating word, in order to in flame the passions of the people, and further his own political views OCT. 1 9.—" Dispatches have, we understand, been received by our, Government from Mr, PINCK NEY as late as the 6th of September. At that time our affairs with England wore nearly t he' same-as pea as on the departure of the St.-lklichaels. A defi nitive answer was soon expeaed from the British Government to the proposition made on our part to suspend the Embargo so far as it respects Eng land on her rasciudiug her Orders in Council so far as they respell us. As the Hope was daily looked for in England on her return from France, she may be soon expeaed with the answer. There is however, one circumstance,. that may produce some doubt of an early accommodation, to wit,-- the recent appearance of a pamphlet, attributed to a Ministerial Member of Parliament, in which it is maintained to be the interest of Great Britain still to' continue her orders, notwithstanding France should repeal her decrees." The Lone MAYOR has given so Much offence to the Opposition Writers, by declining to convene a Hall for the purpose of considering the propriety of discussing- a subject which is now undergoing in vestigation, ordered by his MAJESTY; that he must prepare himself to expect ail the malice of party spleen. Accordingly welitid that this at of plain manly sense has already been represented as a proof of a " close connection" between hint and the Minister. , Upon the same principle every man of sense and liberality in the kingdom, must have a " close connection" with the Minister, as Well as the LORD MAYOR. • But it seems that the LORD. MAYOR has grievously offended the Opposition Writers, by having yesterday stated, that notwith standing the rumours afloat respecting unfavourable' events in Spain, Ministers had received no offici; - tl intelligence it such events ; . and the reason why _those wriiers are otfended with his Lordship is, that his statement " had the tied of ,soothing the popu lar feeliniy„ by inducing a doubt as to the discourage lug in circulation !"., The LORD MAYOR then may see that the readiest means to obtain the goodwill of the OVposition. Prints, is to damp the hopes of the. public as much as possible on the affairs of Spain, and when unfavourable intelligence arrives -from that Country, to deepest the gloom, and on " liorror N s head horrors accumulate." We are desired to correCta statement in yester day's Paper, respeCting the payments at the Lord Chamberlain's Office : it should have read ." Lady day" instead of " Chrighaas." COURT OF INQVIRY, SEVENTH DAY, SATURDAY, ri0y..46 . . The Court proceeded immediately after assern- Wing to examine Brigadier-General Act..Attak, or ra _. ther to the reading of his examination, ifieejueritiOns having been previously sent to him, and he having written his answers. A person for the Judge Advocate read over the questions, and Brigadier-General AGLAND read his answers. The questions were the same as those sent to tirigadier-Gen. FERGUSON. The answers of Briga dier-Gen. ACLAND were in substance, that - he did not think that the French would have surrendered pri soners of war on the 2ed nor, if driven back upon Lisbori, would they, without making further effort. To a question, as to whether the Convention did not liberate Portugal from the French, put a stop to the ravages of war, open the Tagus, and whether these advantages could have been secured by any other measure ? The answer was, that all these ad vantages were secured by the Convention, and could nut havo been, he thought, by any other measure. He was of opinion, that our army could not have prevented the French from retiring across the Tagus. In this latter opinion, Major General SPENCER concutred, who also thought that the French would not hate surrendered prisoners of war, and that had an English army been placed in the same situation', they decidedly would not have surrendered. As to, whether the same advantages could have been derived from any other theasure as from the Convention, lie observed, that the result of military operations being necessarily uncertain, he could not take upan himself to assert what might have been the event.—The artillery consisted of nine-pounders. —The Convention was similar to that in Egypt in 1801. • To a question from Sir A. WELLESLEY, Whether Major-General SPENCER was aware that it had been arranged, that the Alfred should attend' the move ments of the Army along the coast, from Mondego, in charge of the Via - Wailers and Store-ships, that Ship being armed with 24-pounders, and the ammu nition expealed from England being for '24-pounders, Major General SPENCER answered, that the "lifted was ordered for the express purpose of supplying whatever heavy ordnance the Commander in Chief might require. To another question from Sir ARTHUR WELLES LEY, as to the situation of the Army to - attack any fortified place, Major-General SreNcER answered, that the Alfred joined a long time before the heavy artillery could have been wanted. The Earl of Alma A.- - ---Had you any heavy artillery mounted on carriages ? Major-Gen. SPENCER.—None. Sir. A. WELLESLEY.—Was there no heavy ar- tillery ? , Major-Gen. SPENCER.—Mortars, but not ghns. Brigadier-General NIGHTINGALE was nearly of the same opinion as the other two Generals, that the French could not have been prevented from retiring across the Tagus,—that they would not have sur rendered prisoners of war; and as to the advantages .obtained by the Convention, with respe6t to Portu gal, and to making our army a disposable force, it was impossible to say whether any other measures would have produced the same advantages. SUA-OFFICE, THREE O ' CLOCK, P. M. We stop the Press to add the following particulars to our detail of the proceedings of the ,Court of In► quiry this day:— - Captain PluvAx„ of the Engineers, was examined, with respcet to the defence of Lisbon. He stated, that Lisbon was better defended by its positions round the city, than by its works ; that Fort St. Julien cool I not hold out a week against a storm ; that the batteries of Cascais were very strong; and that Pcn:cile was strongly fortified. Sir A. WELLESLEY here proposed to put some questions to Captain PRIVAL, as to the conversation which be had with certain French Officers; but as that conversation, as we understood, would atfe6t Sir H. iILaIIIARD, they Wertl for the present waved. Some questions were then put by the Court to Sir H. DALRYMPLE, the answers to which sheaved that difficulties arose in landing the artillery—that it was impossible to land it at Masceira, and that there was no . means of moving it trom thence. , Sir A. WELLESLEY was thee asked some ques tions, to which he replied—that the heavy artillery could not. have been brought forward if landed at Mondego Bay; the roads through. Portugal being very bad, .and very narrow; that even it a large number of horses were employed to draw heavy artillery on travelling carriages, it could not be-et-Fe-l ed ; but it was, evident from his narrative and the questions put to him before, that the horses with the army were only in sufficient numbers to draw the field train. .Col. ToRRENs was again called in, and asked by Sir A. WELLESLEY as 1 q his having delivered in a Paper to Sir • Elm DALitymrLe on the day the army marched from Vitneira, respthing the Russian Fleet, which he recommended should not be mo lested, but allowed. to evacuate in lour days, and to embark within seven days. Colonel TOE RENS replied in the affirmative. In answer to a question from Sir H. DALIIINIPLE, he replied that he believed General SrEwatur joined the army on the evening of the 23d or 24th of Au- gait. The President said that there would not be any proceedings farther until the arrival of Sir HARRY By ItHARD, who was hourly expelled.-- Adjo d sine die. NAVAL N EW S. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Arrived the illcmene Fr; , - gate from the Coast of Spain. Arrived the Lovely Peggy, Crpfritze, from Lisbon, for this Port. POMP:MU T I Nov. 25 .-d-Arrived his Majesty's 'Ship Daring from the Westward - ; also the Sloop Stag, CARPENTER, Master, from Madeira, bound to London, laden with wine having lost nearly the whole of her sails in a gale of wind about a week since. Sailed' his Majesty's Ships Goshawk, Hardy, and Subtle, for a cruize ; also the Hope, WALTER, for Sunderland, and the Harmony, --, for Lon- don., DEAL, Nov. 25.- , —The wind suddenly coming to the westward yesterday evening, the outward-bound . Fleet again came to ajichor. Came down from the River seoeral outward' bound Vessels, and remain in the Downs with His Majesty's Ships as per last. GngsNocK, Nov. 23.—Copy of a letter received from Capt. HATTRICK, of the Brig Betsey, of this port, by a mercantile house in Glasgow, dated Off St. Christopher's, 28th Sept. 808 :—" I have the pleasure to say, the Brigantine Betsey is here so far on her way. A passage more tedious and irksome I never experienced, my people being on allowance of water caused me to put into this port for a supply- I give you this information that nothing may atiea the insurance." The Concord, HENDERSON, of this Port, froM Limerick to Liverpool, was deserted by the crew on the 2d instant, on the appearance of a Schooner, which they supposed was a French Privateer, but proved to be a vessel from Lisbon to Cork, which put six men on board the Concord, and sent her for Limerick. Two Brigs from Bideford for Lime" rick were in company with the Concord at the titne the Schooner hove in sight, the crews of which Ve s ' sels also deserted their) fro►t} the same suppositicP The Portuguese Vessel, it appears, was thOrt provisions, and bore down upon the above-meet' tioned Vessels far the purpose of procuring a supply, and from not answering their signals, led to tkil mistaking her for a Privateer. CiIMBRIDGE, Nov. 24. On-Sunday the Lord Bishop of Bristol, Master ai Trinity College, held his first ordination in the chapel of that College, when the following Gentlemen vit erti ordained Deacons Attlezirk, of Chrise- College; Pullan, of • Clare Hall; and Pritchett, Trinity College. The Rev. Caleb Elwin, of Pembroke Hall, is ad' - mit ted to the degree of Master of Arts. The subject of the. Norrisian Prize, for the ne'.° year is The Christian Sabbath. The Haerlem prize medal, value 42 guineas' awarded by Teyler's Theological Society to the iteV' C.sar Morgan, M. A. (now D.D.) for his dissertaa, tion, entitled " A Demonstration that true philaso■ phy has no tendency to undermine Divine Bevels' than, and that a well-grounded philosopher may be a - true Christian," Was presented by hirp to this troi m versity yesterday se'nnight, and is deposited in the Public Library. OD Saturday last. Sir SAMUEL HOOD, K•B• B C' companied her Grace.the p u ch e s s o f G ORDON to tne Edinburgh theatre. The moment the audience re" cognised the gallant Admiral, they testified their approbation by the loudest plaudits; and the ban d struck up " God save the King," " Rule Brion" fnia„," " Britons strike home," &c. A-sanguinary attempt, meditated by the prison — , of war at Norman Cross (nearly 700 0 i n nuni beri to etl - 41 their escape from that p r i son , was a shor t time ago providentially prevented. Two or thr ee daggers had been accidently seen by the sentries in the possession of the prisoners, which gave occasion to • the institution of a general search, the fruit of which was about 700 daggers found on the persons of the pri soners. They wereof various formsand workmanship , but could not h we been manufattured in the prison ; consequently must have been introduced at different times by some evil disposed persons. Had those persons been uninterrupted in this infamous pa - , suit, or the 'design of the Prisoners not been disco - vered ere it was ripe for execution, the consequence might have been dreadful. The Spanish sheep, which have lately arrived this Country, came as a present from the Grand Junta to his Majesty. There were 2500 sent ; 7 00 , of them died on their journey ; th e ir s kins hay' arrived within these few days. Those that have ar rived safe are at Kew and Richmond, and are thriv: ing very well. Thirteen shepherds came over with them. His Majesty, with a princely munificence , has given directions for them to remain in this coun try as long as they like, at his expence. They are put under the care of Mr. Snarlet, his Majesty 4 ' principal gardener, who has allotted them a house:, called the Call-house, situated at the upper end 0 1 the queen's garden, near Hyde Park C,rner ; they prefer sleeping upon straw cc.? beds. Two labourer!. attend them, to procure their food, and assist in cooking, &e. They have, a pound of meat a man provided for their dinners and suppers. Au old s 3 1 1; for, who knows the Spani s h la ngua ge, has bee n procured, for a companion and interpreter to then ) ; and,- by his assistance, after every meal they si n g " God save the King." They a l so s i n ea Span ish • national air.—The old sailor is furnit bed with incl ue i v to conduct them about London. The Covent-Garden Company are to contiril for another week at the King's Theatre, as rue Theatre cannot be gotready.